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I stepped into my 37th year last week. Surrounded by my loved ones, I blew out the candle as a wave of conflicting thoughts washed over me. I knew at that moment that I was being triggered. I kept ...

In his surprisingly subversive novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury expresses the following sentiment: “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a ...

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Arizona for my nephew’s college graduation. While I was there, I found myself in a conversation with someone about our work. I’m a therapist and she’s a parenting ...

Differently than I have dated in the past. After years of navigating anxious attachment and continually and consciously falling into my abandonment wound to feel the ache, this past Aries season a new ...

Elephant HQ is decorated with Yoloha props. A warm Invitation to Slow Down—for Those who are used to Pushing.

When life knocks us down, we have two choices: We either remain stuck or get back up. But the struggle mainly lies in getting back up. Moving forward is not easy; it’s far more difficult than falling.

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin I did my first pull-up. Like ever. In my entire life. I am 49 years old. That in ...

It was an utterly exhausting way to exist—a 24-hour shift of pretending to be someone I wasn’t. I moved through the world with my guard up and my heart locked away, terrified that if I let anyone get ...

In the quiet philosophy of motherhood, we discover a love that does not define worth—it creates it. Motherhood is not just a role—it is a philosophy lived in quiet moments. It is the unseen ...

I dream about your little face all the time. Would you have my curly brown hair? Your father’s chubby cheeks? What would your smile look like? The dream is the same, every time. I walk into the ...